Last week, fishermen in the Canary Islands accused Spanish-flagged tuna vessels of illegally operating in the region. The issue occurred after these boats that used to fish in the Dakar area...
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NOAA Reminds US Charter Fishers To Keep Trips Legal
NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) has asked American fishermen who are interested in charter fishing for tuna and other seafood in the Southeast part of the country’s waters to keep their...
Could Outcome Of Presidential Elections In Ecuador Affect The Tuna Sector?
This weekend the presidential election in Ecuador is headed to its second and final round. Two candidates are competing for the leadership of the country: Andrés Arauz, friendly to the...
Worker Shortage In American Samoa StarKist Still Unresolved
StarKist’s American Samoan cannery is still in dire need of workers and the company has reached out to the territory’s government to help resolve this issue. The plant has been facing a worker...
US Appeals Court Removes Class Certification In Suit Against US Tuna Firms
In what may prove to be a big break for the US Big Three, a US federal appellate court, the Ninth Circuit, has decided to overturn the class certification given to groups of tuna buyers in a...
Manta Skipjack Price Stable Despite Lower Catches
The price for skipjack in the port of Manta has remained stable for the past few weeks. Catches across the EPO have been good, although volumes of skipjack have been lower than last year when...
Tuna Workers On Strike In Spain Over Small Bonuses
Employees of the Pesquerías de Almadraba in Barbate, Spain, started their first day of striking today after the company breached an agreement without negotiation. The issue revolves...
What Are You Doing To Celebrate World Tuna Day?
For the past four years, the tuna sector has been officially celebrating World Tuna Day on May 2 – a day of recognition for not only the world’s most commercial fish but one that supports and...
GTA Wants Consumers To Take A More Proactive Approach On Tuna Sustainability
Rather than just talk about tuna sustainability, do something about it, is the main message behind the Global Tuna Alliance’s (GTA) recent statement to consumers. Without explicitly pointing...
Plant-Based Bumble Bee’s Partner Secures Millions In Funding
The owner of the plant-based tuna and seafood replacement brand Good Catch, Gathered Foods, announced yesterday that it secured USD 26.35 million in funding. The investors include Louis...
Study Shows How Tuna Benefits People Susceptible To Alzheimer’s
Consumption of fatty fish such as tuna can provide a large resilience to Alzheimer’s disease in people at higher genetic risk of developing it. This is part of the conclusion reached by the...
Seychelles Pushing For Vaccinating Foreign Tuna Fishermen
The Seychelles health authorities are making efforts to vaccinate foreign fishermen working in the island nation’s waters. They are coordinating with local shipping agencies to make this...
Australia’s Last Tuna Cannery Set To Close As It Failed To Secure New Contracts
Australia’s last tuna cannery, Port Lincoln Tuna Processors (PLTP) is set to stop its operations by the middle of the year as it has failed to secure new clients for its facility. The plant...
Two Crew Dead & Remaining Men Positive With Virus On IO Seiner
What can only be called a nightmare for any vessel operator has come to pass for French fishing company Sapmer. Two of its crew members on its tuna seiner ‘Belle Isle’ have died from the...
COVID-19 Vaccination A Priority For Seiner Crews?
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a massive challenge for tuna fleets across the world. Like many others in the fishing industry, they have had to put into practice prevention measures to...
WCPO Seiners Skipjack Catches Peaked In 2019
Purse seine skipjack catches in the WCPFC area have hit record high levels but data shows that yellowfin amounts have been falling since 2018. This has continued this year which has been...
Spanish Tuna Fisherman Fined After Evading British Police For 7 Months
Around seven months ago, the Gibraltar police found itself chasing the boat of a Spanish tuna fisherman after he was asked to show his license. The man successfully evaded them due to some...
Low P-E Ratio Make Dongwon’s Shares A Good Buy
Korean tuna company, Dongwon Industries stocks have pulled up this year after suffering a massive fall last year due to the global pandemic. The share price of Dongwon Industries ended at...
Will Mauritian Canned Tuna Conquer Indian Market?
Since April 1, Mauritian tuna exporters have preferential market access to India due to the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) coming into force....
Tuna And Dolphins Wash Up On Ghanaian Coasts
Ghanaian authorities have been flummoxed by tuna, dolphins, and other large fish washing up on some of the country's beaches over the past few days. More than 60 dead cetaceans and other...
